Henri Lafont (born Henri Chamberlin, 22 April 1902 – 26 December 1944) was a French criminal based in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
who headed the
French Gestapo during the
Nazi German occupation in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
.
He was executed by firing squad on 26 December 1944 alongside corrupt policeman
Pierre Bonny and footballer-turned-criminal
Alexandre Villaplane
Alexandre Villaplane (24 December 1904 – 27 December 1944) was a French football player who played as a midfielder. He played for France at the 1928 Summer Olympics and captained the national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Villaplane was ...
.
See also
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Carlingue
The Carlingue (or French Gestapo) were French auxiliaries who worked for the Gestapo, Sicherheitsdienst and Geheime Feldpolizei during the German occupation of France in the Second World War.
The group, which was based at 93 rue Lauriston in th ...
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Georges Delfanne
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Rudy de Mérode Rudy de Mérode, real name Frédéric Martin (1905 in Silly-sur-Nied, Moselle (department), Moselle – ?, probably in Spain) was a French Collaboration with the Axis powers, collaborator during the German military administration in occupied France ...
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Auguste Ricord
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Milice
The ''Milice française'' (French Militia), generally called ''la Milice'' (literally ''the militia'') (), was a political paramilitary organization created on 30 January 1943 by the Vichy regime (with German aid) to help fight against the Fre ...
References
*Magazine ''Historia'' Hors Série n°26 1972 by Fabrice Laroche
*''La Bande Bonny-Lafont'' ed. Fleuve noir, 1992 by Serge Jacquemard,
*''Les comtesses de la Gestapo'' ed. Grasset, 2007 by Cyril Eder,
*''The King of Nazi Paris'' by Christopher Othen, Biteback, 2020,
External links
Unofficial site on Patrick Modiano
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1902 births
1944 deaths
Criminals from Paris
Nazi collaborators shot at the Fort de Montrouge
Gestapo personnel
French police officers convicted of crimes
Executed people from Île-de-France
Filmed executions